Melissa Sue writes: This is the new website of the Etsy Chicago Street Team – a sub-group of the Illinois Street Team. We’re working on reviewing Chicagoland events, general craftiness, our doings over at etsy.com, and other tasty tidbits. Pictured above is an amigurumi friend by Melissa. Visit the Chicago Style Crafters site here – […]
Wow, these students are trying to build a computer completely out of K’NEX parts, here’s a calculator… The K’NEX calculator stands over 10 feet tall, and can perform 4 bit addition and subtraction operations in about 30 seconds. The slowest part of the operation is the user entering the balls. From there the balls trickle […]
Sam writes – The chinese finger trap is a novelty toy which traps the index fingers of an unsuspecting victim inside a small cylinder. The harder the victim tries to escape, the more the finger trap tightens. As such, the chinese finger trap has become a metaphor for struggle and offers a simple life lesson: […]
Just across the Golden Gate bridge in Mill Valley lies a fabulous sustainable fabric boutique called Ambatalia Fabrics (1 El Paseo [on Sunnyside Ave], Mill Valley, CA 94941, phone: 415-388-6278). Today is the start of their week long sale to celebrate their 3 year anniversary! Ambatalia specializes in fabrics and handmade goods that support our […]
Today is Lesson #2 in Crafty Daisies’ embroidery class series. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the stem stitch, detached chain stitch, chain stitch and french knot. Link. Related: Crafty Daisies: Embroidery Lesson #1 – Link.
Chris writes – Taking my queues from Bre’s article on making messenger bags from trash bags I decided to make my own messenger bags. Here’s my first bag, a “practice” bag I made out of cheap blue plastic tarp. Making messenger bags – The “beta” – Link.
The Diary Project is a year long art project by British artist, Kirsty Hall. From the site: Every day in 2007 I am drawing on an envelope, placing something secret inside and posting it to myself before my midnight deadline. When these envelopes return to me they will be kept unopened until they can be […]
